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US5940847:
System and method for automatically correcting multi-word data entry errors
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Fein, Ronald A.; Seattle, WA
Artalejo, IV, Leopoldo; Seattle, WA
Gipson, Dale L.; Redmond, WA
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Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
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| Published / Filed: |
1999-08-17
/ 1997-01-31
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| Application Number: |
US1997000791181
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G06F 17/21;
G06F 17/24;
G06F 17/27;
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IPC-7:
G06F 17/21;
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| ECLA Code: |
G06F17/21; G06F17/21F; G06F17/24; G06F17/27C; G06F17/27R2;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
715/236;
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707/540;
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| Field of Search: |
707/540,533,529,532
434/169
382/187
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| Abstract: |
An editing system operable for automatically detecting and correcting multi-word data entry errors. A standard list including a plurality of source-target pairs is provided as an integral part of an editing program suitable of operation on a conventional personal computer. Each source term is a common multi word data entry error, and each target term is a correction for a corresponding source term. Each user may create a customized substitution list by adding user-defined source-target pairs to the list, and deleting source-target pairs from the list. In addition to correcting common multi-word spelling and grammatical errors, the substitution list may be used to perform other functions such as substituting a symbol for a multi-word alias typed with a standard keyboard. The substitution list may optionally be implemented in connection with an "AUTOCORRECT" engine that implements multi word substitutions as they are typed by a user. In this case, automatically substitutions arc highlighted in the document displayed to the user. The user my easily reverse an undesired automatic substitution by selecting an "undo" menu item from a tool bar. A convenient user interface is also provided for accessing the substitution list. Convenient tool bars and menu items for activating the user interface.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Jones & Askew, LLP ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Feild, Joseph H.; Kindred, Alford W.
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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of the commonly owned pending U.S. patent application Ser. No.08/482,194, "Method and System for Interactive Formatting of Word Processing Documents" filed Jun. 7, 1995, inventor Dale Gipson.
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What is claimed is:
1. In a computer system comprising a processing unit, a memory storage device, a user input/output system including a monitor, and an editing program module including instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, cause the computer system to edit a current file, a method for altering the content of the file comprising the steps of:
- receiving a plurality of characters from the user input/output system;
- detecting among the plurality of characters an internal delimiter character indicating that the plurality of character includes more than one word; and
- in response to detecting the delimiter character,
- retrieving from the memory storage device a multi-word source term of a source-target pair comprising the source term and a target term,
- comparing the source term to a multi-word set of characters immediately preceding the delimiter character, and
- if the source term matches the set of characters immediately preceding the delimiter character, then
- retrieving the target term from the memory storage device, and
- in the current file, replacing the set of characters immediately preceding the delimiter character with the target term.
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